logic bomb

created by markadm

(thing) by ShadowNode (2.3 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Mon Jun 05 2000 at 5:24:34

A device which can blank all media where it is put, usually by use of EM pulse. A nuclear bomb will do this, but that's a bit of overkill.

(idea) by mcsuede (7.6 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Jun 08 2000 at 12:15:25

method of defeating the opponent in a debate consisting of throwing so many illogical statements at them that they give up in a fit of anger.

(idea) by Jargon (1.8 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Jul 19 2001 at 11:38:48

locked up = L = logical

logic bomb n.

Code surreptitiously inserted into an application or OS that causes it to perform some destructive or security-compromising activity whenever specified conditions are met. Compare back door.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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chaos

Don't answer your phone for the next thirty-five minutes	back door	electromagnetic pulse gun	logical
fork bomb	EMP	Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls But Violet Gives Willingly	Neurolinguistic Virus
time bomb	locked up	ripple effect	All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landings there.
Reverse Polarity	Trojan horse	lather, rinse, repeat	Unimog
illogical	method	skolemization	What is wrong with Star Trek?
Finagle's Law	mindfuck	Wired World	Geek house

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